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How did feminism shape the rise of gender studies in Europe?
Using a generational lens, this book offers fresh insights and perspectives on the development and consolidation of gender studies in Europe. With contributions from pioneering women scholars who built and sustained the European Sociological Association’s Research Network 33, it provides an unprecedented account of how feminism and women’s studies were the catalyst for a gender turn in academic thought.
Highlighting the interdisciplinary innovations feminism brought to the field, this is a vital exploration of the lasting impact of generations of scholars on European and global gender studies.
Elisabetta Ruspini is Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca.
Ana Vidu is Ramón y Cajal Fellow in the Blanquerna School of Psychology at Ramon Llull University.
1. Introduction: The Generational Lens Applied to Gender Studies – Elisabetta Ruspini and Ana Vidu
Part I: Generations and Gendered Knowledge
2. From Feminism to Gender Studies: The Generational Thread – Elisabetta Ruspini
3. Generational Experiences of ‘Gendering Social Sciences’ in Europe – Ursula Apitzsch
4. Exploring the Institutional Relationship Between Feminism, Gender Studies and Sociology in Europe – Consuelo Corradi and Stellamarina Donato
5. Generations in Context: Personal Orientations in Feminist Sociology Over Time and Space – Elina Oinas
Part II: From Feminism to Gender Studies: Opportunities and Challenges in Different Cultures
6. From Smuggling to Mainstream: Development of Women’s and Gender Studies in the Academic Field in Slovenia – Jasna Podreka, Milica Antić Gaber and Veronika Tašner
7. From Emancipationists to “Dziewuchy”: Feminism and Women’s Studies in Poland (1918–2023) – Barbara Kijewska and Elzbieta Czapka
8. Tracing the Institutional Journey: Gender Studies in Türkiye – Yeliz Kendir-Gök and Nilay Çabuk Kaya
9. An Intergenerational View: Gender Violence Against Women in Palestinian-Arab Society in Israel – Tal Meler and Raghda Alnabilsy
10. Embodied Crossings: Women, Migration, and Agency in and Across the Mediterranean – Monica Massari, Federica Cabras and Simona Miceli
11. Conclusions: Charting the Future of Gender Studies - Challenges, Transformations, and European Horizons – Ana Vidu